Jiggity Jig Jig
Baby Norah and I are home again and doing well. She had her one week well visit today and all is well. I actually got out of the house today, just for the appointment but hey it's something. It's Joey's 3rd birthday today. We had a little family celebration for her yesterday and we gave her the guitar that we got for her and she was so excited. She's all psyched to learn to play. She knew what it was before the paper was even off the plain brown bow it was in. It was really cute to watch. Her little face lit up so big. More to come when I'm able to add pics of the little one and whatnot.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The countdown winds down
11 days to go. I'm at the point where I want to be done being pregnant. I don't long for the painful recovery but I'd rather it be over sooner rather than later. I'm trying to tie up all my loose ends and gets all my ducks in a row. I've planned my bulk shopping trip, cleaned out and organized my pantry, fridge and freezer in preparation. I've begun meal planning but if I find some awesome deals while at the store, they might need some tweaking. My hospital bag is mostly packed. My childcare plan is set for everyday the week I'm in the hospital, even though they keep changing Danny's schedule. So whatever he's working he's covered and somebody might get a break in there somewhere. It's all coming together and I am feeling the homestretch coming up! WOOT WOOT! I am excited. Can't wait to meet this little girl.
We had Joey's birthday party last weekend and it was a blazing success. Danny made duct tape crowns for the craft. The kids (and adults) all decorated their own cupcakes. (I totally picked that as to not have to figure out how to decorate a cake). It was awesome and the kids loved it and I got to be a lazy momma and enjoy the party.
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| joey decorating her b.day girl crown (check her out in that dress too!!) |
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| she loved the beading at the bottom and we only lost a couple strands by the end of the day. |
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| presents! |
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| preparing for cupcakes |
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| and blowing out the candles |
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Projects Projects Projects
I've been up to so much lately. Prepping for baby is fun stuff though. I've made lots of cool stuff for both girls. And I've finally got pictures! Woot Woot!! So, here they are!!
I've only got a few more sewing projects left on my nesting agenda. I want to make new curtains for our living room. I need to make bench cushions for our kitchen corner unit. I use our kitchen table as my sewing area and it really digs into the back of my legs after a while so, it needs cushions. I also want to make a changing pad for on the go use. I don't know what I want that to look like yet and I feel like I may even have our old one lying around somewhere, even though, I don't know where that might be at the moment. I'm also trying to meal plan in advance for while I'm laid up from my c-section. I want to have lots of frozen meals ready to go, and lots of crock pot meal ideas but I haven't been able to stock up on anything yet but I have been printing out recipe ideas. Well, I'm off, I have some inquiries to make about grocery delivery options. Tootles!
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| Joey's Birthday Dress, I've added a little purple fabric flower since this photo! |
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| Joey's back pack for school! She is very excited about this one. |
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| Changing pad cover that used the leftover fabric from both girl's baby blankets. |
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| Another diaper bag. I think I like this one almost better than mine! |
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| diaper bag again |
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| and again! |
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Nesting Fun
So I know I've been amiss in my blogging lately. I've had a lot going on. I've been nesting like crazy. Everything is getting cleaned and organized. Projects are getting completed. Plans are getting in order. I've got 3 weeks left before this baby is getting evicted! I'm getting all my ducks in a row. Now if only I could find the battery charger for my camera battery and take photos of all of my accomplishments. :-( I had it in the diaper bag the other day and I'm afraid our little one thought it a toy and now I can't find it. I have not given up though, I know it has to be somewhere! I shall find it!! I must find it, I'd really like to have it ready to go for the hospital.
We have this baby scheduled for C-Section on August 15th at 1:30pm so, prayers would be appreciated for that for sure. I've had so much going on that I haven't even had time to blog from work and we are still internet free at home which is really proving to allow for much more room to prepare for baby. I have been slacking on my meal planning though since I've been without online recipes and inspiration for new things. I've also been feeling less and less like cooking with the extreme humidity here (the only downside of living only a few miles from the beach).
I've been truly blessed with hand me downs! Norah has all of Joey's old things that weren't totally stained and gross and with hand me downs and gifts Norah already has a complete wardrobe for the first year of her life. And then I get to pass them on down to a lovely friend of ours who is having a little girl in a several months. I love it!! It's also going to be perfect for us because then I won't be tempted to haul baby things across the country when we move.
Danny has recently found work!! PRAISE JESUS!!! I'm so excited for him. The company looks like such a good fit for him. He's going to be part of a flagship team taking over merchandising for the local Best Buy. The best part...The company is a National one and they have locations in Colorado. So, here's hoping that it's just part of the amazing set-up that I foresee for our moving. I've been being blessed with little snippets of hope, in a bunch of people that we know all talking about moving to the Denver area which is where I've been feeling like we're supposed to be going and Danny is now starting to feel a little more as well. WOOHOO! It's so nice to be on the same page as your spouse about big things. The small things too, but the big things really do tend to be the conflict starters don't they?
Ok, well I've got some more calls to make and emails to send to get everything all set for this baby's arrival so I'm going to be off!
We have this baby scheduled for C-Section on August 15th at 1:30pm so, prayers would be appreciated for that for sure. I've had so much going on that I haven't even had time to blog from work and we are still internet free at home which is really proving to allow for much more room to prepare for baby. I have been slacking on my meal planning though since I've been without online recipes and inspiration for new things. I've also been feeling less and less like cooking with the extreme humidity here (the only downside of living only a few miles from the beach).
I've been truly blessed with hand me downs! Norah has all of Joey's old things that weren't totally stained and gross and with hand me downs and gifts Norah already has a complete wardrobe for the first year of her life. And then I get to pass them on down to a lovely friend of ours who is having a little girl in a several months. I love it!! It's also going to be perfect for us because then I won't be tempted to haul baby things across the country when we move.
Danny has recently found work!! PRAISE JESUS!!! I'm so excited for him. The company looks like such a good fit for him. He's going to be part of a flagship team taking over merchandising for the local Best Buy. The best part...The company is a National one and they have locations in Colorado. So, here's hoping that it's just part of the amazing set-up that I foresee for our moving. I've been being blessed with little snippets of hope, in a bunch of people that we know all talking about moving to the Denver area which is where I've been feeling like we're supposed to be going and Danny is now starting to feel a little more as well. WOOHOO! It's so nice to be on the same page as your spouse about big things. The small things too, but the big things really do tend to be the conflict starters don't they?
Ok, well I've got some more calls to make and emails to send to get everything all set for this baby's arrival so I'm going to be off!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Book worming it
So, I've been reading like mad lately. I've been burning through the Anne of Green Gable Series. I'm in love with it and have been since I was a girl. I wish that Joey had the attention span for reading it with me. :-( She kinda lost interest in the Little House Series once the story grew too old for her. Ahh well, How much should I really expect from a nearly 3 year old anyhow. We made it through 4 of them before she lost interest and that's quite a lot, and of course, I went on and finished reading the rest of them on my own just to satisfy my own need to finish things that I start. I am loving that I can get most public domain books for free on my Kindle! Almost all my books are books that I've been reading lately, I've gotten for free. There are so many wonderful books to chose from. And Danny's been making regular trips to the library with Joey and she's been loving having new stories in the house and she memorizes them so quickly. I'm really in awe of that little one.
I also think that I've narrowed down my specialty that I'm going to focus on for my Etsy.com page. I know I've been meaning to do it forever but I just haven't been able to figure out how to do it affordably. The cost per picture per month with all the inventory that I have was just too much to fathom when my profit margin was so low to begin with. But in my search for diaper bags with this pregnancy, I found that I could make a completely machine washable diaper bag that I would actually be proud to carry for 1/3 to 1/2 of what I could purchase one for. The only one that Danny and I could agree upon that I found available retail was $80 (yeah, totally out of the question). So, I made one out a some fabric that I'd been dying to use but hadn't found just the right thing for yet. It only cost me $20 for the materials and I can throw it in the washing machine AND the dryer. I have not found a diaper bag yet that boasts that and looks any kind of decent. So, now I think I've finally found my niche! Woo Hoo! Plus the cost difference between what I can make them for and what I can sell them for might actually mean that I can afford to market them properly. I am so excited to get cracking on them. I've got some fabric ideas working already and I do so love having ideas to mull over and perfect.
Now to just finish organizing the house so that my ideas can become reality. We really are close to being done. We've gotten our bedroom nearly in order and ready for the bassinet. We've gotten the girl's bedroom closet cleared out of most unnecessary stuff and we've been making regular trips to Savers to donate things that we'll not be keeping. We're down to just needing to go through books of ours and sorting toys (which has been started but seems to get undone every so often). I've even conceded to throwing away all my DVD cases. We'll be organizing them in binders and separating out the kids movies once we get some more binders.
We've gotten all or Joey's clothes in plastic drawers so that she can choose her own outfits in the mornings and she can get herself mostly dressed. She still needs a little monitoring to make sure that she doesn't just wear the same ballet tutu every day with last night's shirt and galoshes. But she's loving being able to do more on her own. And it's super helpful for laundry's sake because she can put her clothes away by herself too. I love that part. I just hand her a stack of shirts and tell her to put them in the appropriate drawer and they almost always wind up in the right place.
Well, I'm off to Michael's today for a new sketchbook. I am in such a need to one and here's hoping I find a coupon file folder that I can use as well. I need to be more organized but I'm getting better at the couponing. I was only able to save about $50 this past month with deals and coupons and card savings and all but that's $50 off an already minimized budget and I think I can do better next month. And the fact that I chose to make and reuse things that I can, saves me quite a bit to begin with and then on top of it I buy in bulk where I can. But I still think that I can do better.
I also think that I've narrowed down my specialty that I'm going to focus on for my Etsy.com page. I know I've been meaning to do it forever but I just haven't been able to figure out how to do it affordably. The cost per picture per month with all the inventory that I have was just too much to fathom when my profit margin was so low to begin with. But in my search for diaper bags with this pregnancy, I found that I could make a completely machine washable diaper bag that I would actually be proud to carry for 1/3 to 1/2 of what I could purchase one for. The only one that Danny and I could agree upon that I found available retail was $80 (yeah, totally out of the question). So, I made one out a some fabric that I'd been dying to use but hadn't found just the right thing for yet. It only cost me $20 for the materials and I can throw it in the washing machine AND the dryer. I have not found a diaper bag yet that boasts that and looks any kind of decent. So, now I think I've finally found my niche! Woo Hoo! Plus the cost difference between what I can make them for and what I can sell them for might actually mean that I can afford to market them properly. I am so excited to get cracking on them. I've got some fabric ideas working already and I do so love having ideas to mull over and perfect.
Now to just finish organizing the house so that my ideas can become reality. We really are close to being done. We've gotten our bedroom nearly in order and ready for the bassinet. We've gotten the girl's bedroom closet cleared out of most unnecessary stuff and we've been making regular trips to Savers to donate things that we'll not be keeping. We're down to just needing to go through books of ours and sorting toys (which has been started but seems to get undone every so often). I've even conceded to throwing away all my DVD cases. We'll be organizing them in binders and separating out the kids movies once we get some more binders.
We've gotten all or Joey's clothes in plastic drawers so that she can choose her own outfits in the mornings and she can get herself mostly dressed. She still needs a little monitoring to make sure that she doesn't just wear the same ballet tutu every day with last night's shirt and galoshes. But she's loving being able to do more on her own. And it's super helpful for laundry's sake because she can put her clothes away by herself too. I love that part. I just hand her a stack of shirts and tell her to put them in the appropriate drawer and they almost always wind up in the right place.
Well, I'm off to Michael's today for a new sketchbook. I am in such a need to one and here's hoping I find a coupon file folder that I can use as well. I need to be more organized but I'm getting better at the couponing. I was only able to save about $50 this past month with deals and coupons and card savings and all but that's $50 off an already minimized budget and I think I can do better next month. And the fact that I chose to make and reuse things that I can, saves me quite a bit to begin with and then on top of it I buy in bulk where I can. But I still think that I can do better.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Productive weekend
I must say being without advanced technology at home has been rather refreshing. We're getting so much done. We've gone through every box in the house. We've cleared out so much crap. We found lost loved items. We even found an old Raggedy Andy doll that used to belong to Danny's dad, that Joey has quickly fallen in love with and calls Andy Dandy.
I organized all of our old baby clothes from when Joey was a wee one. Now I just have to go through the new hand-me-downs that I've been too overwhelmed to get to yet. I'm super pumped. I found three nursing bras amongst all the baby clothes along with two pairs of maternity jeans and two pairs of maternity Capri's and one pair of maternity shorts and three of my favorite tops from the last go round. Oh man, what a score!! I was so stoked!! I think I actually squealed.
I got all of Joey's clothes organized in drawers at her height and she's very excited about being able to get herself dressed. She still needs a bit of help making sure shirts are on the right way front and that shoes are on the right feet but she's getting pretty good at it. Now if only I could get her to focus on learning what all the letters in the alphabet song look like. She seems totally content on just knowing the letters and never learning to recognize them. A little frustrating but we have time still.
Got to visit with my family on Father's Day and it was a blast. Joey and my sister Maggie spent 3 straight hours playing with the hose, two buckets and two dish soap bottles. They only took one short break for brownies and that was it. They had such a blast and it was awesome fun to watch. I was really glad that I had that SPF 60 for her though. She is just so fair skinned and never seems to pick up any color. Not even a freckle.
I've got an ultrasound next week. It seems our little Norah has decided that she has to be different from her sister. She was breech at our last appointment (and in our last ultrasound) and the OBGYN wants to double check on her position as we get closer. Fun Stuff. At least we were already planning on a repeat c-section. So it doesn't change our plans much. It just really helps ease our minds more than anything that our sense that this was the path that we were supposed to take. And that those urgings that Danny and I felt from God way back at the beginning of this pregnancy were accurate. Yay God!
Oh well, I'm off. The hubs will be picking me up from work soon and off we'll go.
I organized all of our old baby clothes from when Joey was a wee one. Now I just have to go through the new hand-me-downs that I've been too overwhelmed to get to yet. I'm super pumped. I found three nursing bras amongst all the baby clothes along with two pairs of maternity jeans and two pairs of maternity Capri's and one pair of maternity shorts and three of my favorite tops from the last go round. Oh man, what a score!! I was so stoked!! I think I actually squealed.
I got all of Joey's clothes organized in drawers at her height and she's very excited about being able to get herself dressed. She still needs a bit of help making sure shirts are on the right way front and that shoes are on the right feet but she's getting pretty good at it. Now if only I could get her to focus on learning what all the letters in the alphabet song look like. She seems totally content on just knowing the letters and never learning to recognize them. A little frustrating but we have time still.
Got to visit with my family on Father's Day and it was a blast. Joey and my sister Maggie spent 3 straight hours playing with the hose, two buckets and two dish soap bottles. They only took one short break for brownies and that was it. They had such a blast and it was awesome fun to watch. I was really glad that I had that SPF 60 for her though. She is just so fair skinned and never seems to pick up any color. Not even a freckle.
I've got an ultrasound next week. It seems our little Norah has decided that she has to be different from her sister. She was breech at our last appointment (and in our last ultrasound) and the OBGYN wants to double check on her position as we get closer. Fun Stuff. At least we were already planning on a repeat c-section. So it doesn't change our plans much. It just really helps ease our minds more than anything that our sense that this was the path that we were supposed to take. And that those urgings that Danny and I felt from God way back at the beginning of this pregnancy were accurate. Yay God!
Oh well, I'm off. The hubs will be picking me up from work soon and off we'll go.
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